Fathers figured heavily into the blogging week as Father’s Day was celebrated. Comic-themed Horrors of It All paid special tribute to Dads everywhere with a look back at artist Bernie Wrightson’s comic version of the Creepshow vignette "Father’s Day" from the July 1982 graphic novel adaptation of the pre-code horror-inspired George Romero-directed, Stephen King-penned film. Hosts Unkle Lancifer and Aunt John over at Kindertrauma presented their picks for Trauma-daddies, stamping those father figures in horror with seals of approval or disapproval. Finally, Carnaki over at The Mystery of the Haunted Vampire posted a poignant Father’s Day tribute to his own Dad and shared some thoughts on responsible fatherhood, proving that sometimes it’s not all about the horror.

Some other highlights from the horror blogging community that caught my eye:

LOTT D newbie Jeff over at Dinner with Max Jenke has an excellent retrospective on special effects great Tom Burman, while numerous blogs paid tribute to legendary special effects pioneer Stan Winston who passed away on June 15th from multiple myeloma at the age of 62.

Kim Paffenroth at Gospel of the Living Dead celebrates the first blurb for his forthcoming Dying to Live 2: Life Sentence tome from fellow zombie scribe Dave Wellington of the Monster Island/Nation/Planet series.

About the Author...

Vince Liaguno is the Bram Stoker Award-winning editor of UNSPEAKABLE HORROR: FROM THE SHADOWS OF THE CLOSET (Dark Scribe Press 2008), an anthology of queer horror fiction, which he co-edited with Chad Helder, and BUTCHER KNIVES & BODY COUNTS, a collection of essays on the formula, frights, and fun of the slasher film. His debut novel, 2006’s THE LITERARY SIX, was a tribute to the slasher films of the 80’s and won an Independent Publisher Award (IPPY) for Horror and was named a finalist in ForeWord Magazine’s Book of the Year Awards in the Gay/Lesbian Fiction category.

He is currently at work on his second novel and preparing for the release of UNSPEAKABLE HORROR 2: ABOMINATIONS OF DESIRE (Evil Jester Press, 2017), the second volume in the award-winning anthology series of queer dark fiction.

He currently lives on the eastern end of Long Island, New York. He is a member—and former Secretary—of the Horror Writers Association (HWA) and the National Book Critics Circle (NBCC).